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as in hideout
a place where a person goes to hide or to avoid others
an abandoned building that is often used as a den by the city's petty criminals
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Recent Examples of den
Photo : Beauchamp Estates/Gold Lens Photography A den.
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Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 15 Apr. 2025
The house has 5½ bathrooms, a formal dining room, a large den with a private patio and a kitchen with white custom cabinetry, Wolf and Sub-Zero appliances and Cambria quartz counters.
—Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 7 Apr. 2025
As with the living room, the den features large expanses of glass with beautiful views and built-ins that include a desk.
—James Alexander, Hartford Courant, 27 Apr. 2025
The den is located on undisclosed private property in Colorado, where hundreds of rattlesnakes are expected to emerge in May, according to Owen Bachhuber, a California Polytechnic State University graduate student who helps run Project RattleCam.
—Erin Udell, USA Today, 24 Apr. 2025
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Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 15 Apr. 2025
The house has 5½ bathrooms, a formal dining room, a large den with a private patio and a kitchen with white custom cabinetry, Wolf and Sub-Zero appliances and Cambria quartz counters.
—Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 7 Apr. 2025
As with the living room, the den features large expanses of glass with beautiful views and built-ins that include a desk.
—James Alexander, Hartford Courant, 27 Apr. 2025
The den is located on undisclosed private property in Colorado, where hundreds of rattlesnakes are expected to emerge in May, according to Owen Bachhuber, a California Polytechnic State University graduate student who helps run Project RattleCam.
—Erin Udell, USA Today, 24 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for den
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Gene Hackman’s Lex Luthor is an evil mad scientist with plans for destruction and domination, armed with Kryptonite and a subterranean lair shared.—
Mark Hughes,
Forbes.com,
26 Apr. 2025
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Uth Duna, an eel-like leviathan, hits like a truck and moves erratically within its watery lair.—
PCMAG,
PCMAG,
11 Feb. 2025
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Based on a true story, a father and son in a warzone hospital face life-or-death choices as their hideout becomes increasingly compromised.—
Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
29 Apr. 2025
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When Joe secures an isolated, off-the-grid lake house as their temporary hideout, Bronte realizes time is running out.—
Monica Mercuri,
Forbes.com,
25 Apr. 2025
Noun
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For example, in Cape Verde, annual loggerhead turtle nests surged from 500 in 2008 to over 35,000 by 2020, while four out of five green turtle populations showed growth.—
Dianne Plummer,
Forbes.com,
23 May 2025
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The two will soon start hovering in the near future, further exercising their flight muscles and making their way from the nest to nearby branches.—
Anthony Robledo,
USA Today,
17 May 2025
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For the last five years, Michaels has traveled all over the East Coast of the United States meeting at people’s houses to rehabilitate dogs.—
Sean Krofssik,
Hartford Courant,
25 May 2025
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Sephora is here to help, thanks to its house collection mineral sunscreen, which is 60 percent off right now.—
Izzy Baskette,
People.com,
25 May 2025
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When the eggs hatch six weeks later, new cicada nymphs will fall from the trees and burrow back underground, starting the cycle again.—
Chris Simon,
The Conversation,
22 May 2025
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These fly larvae, the screwworms or maggots, burrow into the flesh of the animal, which can cause serious damage, leading to infections and death in some instances.—
Connor Greene,
CNN Money,
14 May 2025
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“Den.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/den. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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